Just Mow
Don't touch my Willie !!!
Didn't get to taste it but it smelled like **** after I helped you up from it.
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Didn't get to taste it but it smelled like **** after I helped you up from it.
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2000ssm6
Stihl User
Don't talk it if ya can't take it, I'm having fun, you?
manual
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Oh it's nice to be on top.
Why do you say that did 2000s+m get tired
nytreeman
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I don't agree with Husky selling cheapo saws in Lowe's because I believe it's about greed. Doesn't take much remembering to recall all the good companies that have perished because of their greed. We can see the greed in Husky's acquistions. Nothing more than buying customers. No doubt Husky saws are some of the best made but if they are greedy that may not last. I ask if we're seeing the tip of the iceberg? One way to grow your company is to buy other companies. Unfortunately, it's a dangerous practice and sometimes backfires. If Husky management is listening, caution and a game plan is in order.
I've always liked Huskys I just hope they don't go the way of homelite,mccullogh and poulan mass marketed garbage,They were all damn good saws once upon a time too
manual
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thats what its all about.
newguy18
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You talking about your junk saws that you had to throw away already Squirt.
Nope i'm talking about all the stihls you own. by the way look up bam...
newguy18
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Later everybody. Even you Suirt
See ya drip. By the way there is a q in the word squirt.
2000ssm6
Stihl User
Funny stuff coming from a homo
manual
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TKO
manual
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2000ssm6
Stihl User
You do not have any room to preach about grammer:taped:
2000ssm6
Stihl User
You better had take a Stihl so you can get done today.
THALL10326
The Champ
Boy you in here causing a rukus, whatta tell ya bout that. Now listen up you wise cracker, you need to read the saw section and learn abit before ya start wise cracking. These guys were sawing wood hell before I got drunk in Fla that unlucky nite. So read abit boy and learn ya saws. Learn Stihl is the best. When I die your getting a truck load of em, maybe, you may die first, grrrrrrrrrrrrr
newguy18
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Can't we just give them to mow..... i mean charity.
manual
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Thall, I thought Woddie and I are the trainers?
Now stop telling old war stories about Stihl.
I just lost a whole day of training.
Thats right Newguy keep Mow against the ropes.
Small jabs.
Now stop telling old war stories about Stihl.
I just lost a whole day of training.
Thats right Newguy keep Mow against the ropes.
Small jabs.
THALL10326
The Champ
Thall, I thought Woddie and I are the trainers?
Now stop telling old war stories about Stihl.
I just lost a whole day of training.
Thats right Newguy keep Mow against the ropes.
Small
LOLOL, well fair enuff, train away. Just remember Mow is a big dude, hate to see him as the boys first opponet, no doult I'll have hospital bills to pay,LOL
manual
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Just sparing 2000s+m Likes it when Mow gets roughed up and sweaty.
rreidnauer
ArboristSite Operative
I don't agree with Husky selling cheapo saws in Lowe's because I believe it's about greed. Doesn't take much remembering to recall all the good companies that have perished because of their greed. We can see the greed in Husky's acquistions. Nothing more than buying customers. No doubt Husky saws are some of the best made but if they are greedy that may not last. I ask if we're seeing the tip of the iceberg? One way to grow your company is to buy other companies. Unfortunately, it's a dangerous practice and sometimes backfires. If Husky management is listening, caution and a game plan is in order.
Greed?!?!?!? Greed?!?!?!? Bringing an affordable product to the consumer with only an occasional need, and can't justify a large expense, is greedy? Sorry, I see greed as a company who charges 10~50% more for it's saws than it's competitions equally classed saws, with it's only argument reasoning being, "We are #1 in sales!"
Stihl really does have that "status symbol" hold on the consumer. Ask anyone on the street to name a chainsaw manufacturer, and you'll likely hear "Stihl." Probably followed by "Craftsman." Why? Marketing. Just like other manufacturers, such as Harley and Ford for example, you got a grasp on the market. I don't blame Stihl for that. They're a company. That's what they are suppose to do. But it doesn't justify price. If the general public could be brought to light that Husky saws are of equal quality to Stihl, but at a better price, I think you'd see a change. But folks usually have a prejudice view, and is hard to alter. Even so, I doubt you'd ever see Husky with #1 sales. Stihl would simply lower their high profit margin to compete with them, before giving up that position. (afterall that is their key stance) Thall's recent example of telling some potential customers that Huskys are sold at Lowes doesn't help those prejudice views. Not that he lied to them, just that he convieniently failed to tell the whole truth. But he is a salesman, and he's got to put bread on the table, so I can't fault him for that. But there's two people that leave with that thought in their head, and likely would be hard to change. People tend to hang onto the first thing they heard, over something contrary.
I'm sure the argument of cost is going to fall back to the available servicing network. No doubt, this plays a HUGE part in Stihls success. Here in the States, in general, folks are lazy. They don't want to repair (heck, even PM) their own equipment. That's why there is Jiffy Lube, Geek Squad, Roto Rooter, etc. But why should such a network effect the price of the saw? It shouldn't. If I bring my saw in for work, then that's the time to be charged. Not when I'm buying it. That brings me to parts. Someone recently said that it doesn't take much parting out of a saw at retail prices to make it worthwhile. Why is it that a handful of parts sells for as much as an entire chainsaw? Sell the saw to the consumer, (for an already high price) and when they come back for parts, we'll really club them over the head. Sounds pretty greedy to me. I've read conflicting information about the costs. I've heard that there is little money to be made on parts by the dealer, that the factory charges the high fees. But I've also heard that the dealers can make a decent profit off parts. I don't know which is true, but as the consumer, I know it costs me a lot.
Back to the product itself. Anyone who says Stihl is crap, is full of it themselves. They make great products. The same can be said of Husky as well. Sure they each got their +'s and -'s, but it all washes out as equal products. I believe folks here can be "hyper-critical" of products, and seems to generate a "blinders" effect. Let me give an example. I occasionally run a little Poulan down at work. Now I know there are folks here that would bash it to no end, but it's a saw. It starts, it cuts wood, it does as advertised. Nothing fancy, no anti-vibe, chain brake, or swept induction. Just a saw. Did I need a MS 361? No. Would it have gotten the job done faster? Sure. Was I in a time trial? No. Can I justify 3X the cost for it's occasional use? No. There is a place in the market for low end saws. They work for the purpose they are meant for. I can't see how that's greedy to provide them.
manual
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I agree with you.
But you can talk till your blue in the face around here on that issue.
Point Thall (or other stihl dealers) are salesman if he were to sell Huskys he would stick up for Husky.
This is one reason I put up points about Huskys. Just trying to keep an even flow around here.
But you can talk till your blue in the face around here on that issue.
Point Thall (or other stihl dealers) are salesman if he were to sell Huskys he would stick up for Husky.
This is one reason I put up points about Huskys. Just trying to keep an even flow around here.
